Murder at Aldwych Station

Murder at Aldwych Station

Jim Eldridge

Historical / Historical Fiction / War

December 1940. With the Luftwaffe pounding the city nightly, Londoners seek refuge in underground stations. Aldwych has been taken out of service to provide shelter for the British Museum's priceless Elgin Marbles, as well as civilians escaping the bombing. When the body of a young man is discovered on the tracks, wearing evening dress but barefoot, Detective Chief Inspector Coburg and Sergeant Lampson are on the case.Before long, more bodies are discovered, and Coburg's wife Rosa becomes a target for thebrutal killer. Caught up in a world of underground jazz clubs, abandoned tube stations and looters, Coburg and Lampson must track down the ruthless murderer before it's too late ...
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[What Might Have Been 04] Alternate Americas

[What Might Have Been 04] Alternate Americas

Anthology

War / Military Fiction / History

Fourteen of science fiction's most popular writers--including L. Sprague de Camp, Robert Silverberg, and Kim Stanley Robinson--offer their visions of an America that might have been. "Report of the Special Committee on the Quality of Life" (Harry Turtledove) "Ink from the New Moon" (A. A. Attanasio) "Vinland the Dream" (Kim Stanley Robinson) "If There Be Cause" (Sheila Finch) "Isabella of Castile Answers Her Mail" (James Morrow) "Let Time Shape" (George Zebrowski) "Red Alert" (Jerry Oltion) "Such a Deal" (Esther M. Friesner) "Looking for the Fountain" (Robert Silverberg) "The Round-Eyed Barbarians" (L. Sprague de Camp) "Destination Indies" (Brad Linaweaver) "Ship Full of Jews" (Barry N. Malzberg) "The Karamazov Caper" (Gordon Eklund) "The Sleeping Serpent" (Pamela Sargent)
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Secrets and Sins

Secrets and Sins

Lizzie Lane

War / World War II

1913 Lydia Miller, daughter of a German doctor, is training to become a nurse when she first meets debonair Robert Ravening, the nephew of a Lord and a keen aviator and promptly falls in love. When the Great War begins in 1914, Robert enlists with the Royal Flying Corps and as a nurse, determined to help all she can, Lydia is sent to France. But her love affair with Robert has more than one consequence as secrets and sins are disclosed. Also being both British and German Lydia finds herself in No Man's Land, suspected by one and imprisoned by the other.Previously published as Home for Christmas Praise for Lizzie Lane:'A gripping saga and a storyline that will keep you hooked' Rosie Goodwin'The Tobacco Girls is another heartwarming tale of love and friendship and a must-read for all saga fans.' Jean Fullerton'Lizzie Lane opens the door to a past of factory girls, redolent with life-affirming friendship, drama, and...
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Seduction

Seduction

Rex Clark

War / Military Fiction / History

What is the nature of evil: seductive and beautiful, or cruel and destructive? And who says what makes it evil in the first place?What is the nature of evil? Is it beautiful, seductive, hypnotic? Or is it simply a brutal force of nature, desiring nothing more than total destruction? And who's to say what makes it evil?
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Seal

Seal

Sybil Bartel

Romance / Contemporary / War

Navy SEAL. Team Leader. Warrior. Men are born. Warriors are made. Honor is earned. I was sixteen years old when I first heard those words from my best friend's father. The Vice Admiral took me in, taught me about integrity, and gave me what I'd never had—a family. But it wasn't just my best friend and his father who changed my life. The emerald-eyed blonde with an innocent smile stopped me dead in my tracks. Wanting to be a man worthy of her, I enlisted and became a SEAL. Except not even the Trident I'd earned changed the fact that she was the Vice Admiral's daughter and my best friend's much younger sister. She was strictly off-limits.Then tragedy struck, and I found myself in the one position I never should've let happen—with my arms around her. Now I had one objective. Code name: Alpha....
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You Dont Make Wine Like the Greeks Did

You Don't Make Wine Like the Greeks Did

David E. Fisher

History / War / World War II

"Every century has its advantages and its drawbacks," he said. "We, for instance, have bred out sexual desire. And, as for you people ..." Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to publications@publicdomain.org.uk This book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please contact us immediately via DMCA@publicdomain.org.uk
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